If you’re a Canadian struggling with mental health, feel free to use the resources listed for support.
If you require immediate help, please call one of the helplines below. You can also call 911 or go to your nearest emergency department for assistance.
* Disclaimer: This page is not a complete resource for mental health information, nor is it designed to replace real-time professional help. USCV staff and moderators are not trained mental health professionals.
*When you call these resources remember to ask the following questions: *
A. Ask for a 15 – 30 minute free consultation
B. Ask about payment options (e.g., if covered by extended health care or
if they offer a sliding scale)
C. During the consult, describe to them the nature of your concerns (eg.,
symptoms, triggers, how long you’ve been experiencing your problems, how
you have tried to address your problems, etc.)
D. Find the practitioner who specializes in your difficulties, matches your
personality, and you think you’d work well with. Every practitioner has a
different style of therapy: Some are more emotion focused, while others are
more cognitively oriented.
Greater Vancouver Area
1. Family Services of Greater Vancouver (Lower Mainland)
2. Mosaic BC
6. Support Groups at Mood Disorders Association of BC
7. Vancouver Crisis Center: 604-872-3311
- Call to ask for free or low cost counselling services or support groups.
8. Wishing Wells Counselling Services
Canada and North America
1. Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
- Kids Help Phone professional phone counsellors are available 24/7 for youth anywhere in Canada
- Chat counselling lets you connect one-on-one, real time, with a Kids Help Phone counsellor, on the web or from a smartphone.
- Text 741741 from anywhere in the USA to text with a trained Crisis Counselor.
- They are coming to Canada in 2018.
3. Resources Around Me (powered by Kids Help Phone)
- Resources Around Me is an interactive map that allows you to search for resources in your community like Counselling and Mental Health Support, Sexual Health Support, Housing Support, Legal Support, Job Help, and more.
- There are over 10,000 services listed here. If you don’t find the service you are looking for, we encourage you to call or chat with a Kids Help Phone counsellor – our counsellors have access to an even larger database to help.
4. USA National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
- Provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, across the United States.
5. USA Resources and Referrals
International
1. Map of International Crisis Centres
2. List of International Suicide Hotlines